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  <name><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde is a novelist living in Wales. He is the son of John Standish Fforde, the 24th Chief Cashier for the Bank of England, whose signature used to appear on sterling banknotes, and is the cousin of the author, [author:Katie Fforde|86097]. His early career was spent as a focus puller in the film industry, where he worked on a number of films including Quills, GoldenEye, and Entrapment.

His published books include a series of novels starring Thursday Next: [book:The Eyre Affair|27003] (2001), [book:Lost in a Good Book|27000] (2002), [book:The Well of Lost Plots|27001] (2003), [book:Something Rotten|26999] (2004) and [book:First Among Sequels|27002] (2007). [book:The Big Over Easy|6628] (2005), which shares a similar setting with the Next novels, is a reworking of his first written novel, which initially failed to find a publisher. It had the working title of Nursery Crime, which is the title now used to refer to this series of books. The follow-up to The Big Over Easy, [book:The Fourth Bear|148809] was published in July 2006 and focuses on Goldilocks and the Three Bears.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>London, England</hometown>  <born_at>01/11/1961</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.05</average_rating>
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  <published>2002</published>  
  
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        <book id="27001">
  <title><![CDATA[The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next, #3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.99</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5570</ratings_count>
  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Something Rotten (Thursday Next, #4)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.05</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4849</ratings_count>
  <published>2004</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime, #1)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>4195</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, #5)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>3348</ratings_count>
  <published>2007</published>  
  
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        <book id="148809">
  <title><![CDATA[The Fourth Bear (Nursery Crime, #2)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.97</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2836</ratings_count>
  <published>2006</published>  
  
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        <book id="963691">
  <title><![CDATA[The Next Set (Boxed Set) (Thursday Next, #1-4)]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.36</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>70</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
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        <book id="2113260">
  <title><![CDATA[Shades of Grey]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Jasper Fforde]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>15</ratings_count>
  <published>2009</published>  
  
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